Shannon Vallor
@shannonvallor.bsky.social
Philosopher/AI Ethicist at Univ of Edinburgh, Director @technomoralfutures.bsky.social, co-Director @braiduk.bsky.social, author of Technology and the Virtues (2016) and The AI Mirror (2024). Views my own.
Internal time consciousness is so weird. I’ve sat through YouTube commercials that felt longer than that
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Internal time consciousness is so weird. I’ve sat through YouTube commercials that felt longer than that
Fiona Apple’s quote sticks with me: “Every addict should just get locked in a private movie theatre with Q.T. & P.T.A. on coke, and they'll never want to do it again.” I get it! I don’t want a world without their movies (though could live without the last QT film). But I am happy to never know them…
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Fiona Apple’s quote sticks with me: “Every addict should just get locked in a private movie theatre with Q.T. & P.T.A. on coke, and they'll never want to do it again.” I get it! I don’t want a world without their movies (though could live without the last QT film). But I am happy to never know them…
I haven’t seen it — it’s one I’ve wanted to, but as a star vehicle for DiCaprio it just left me indifferent. I will see it now
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I haven’t seen it — it’s one I’ve wanted to, but as a star vehicle for DiCaprio it just left me indifferent. I will see it now
“Hey Shannon guess what! Our awesome AI wrote a little thing of its own that sounds a lot like your missing essay, just a lot intellectually softer and gummier and weirdly your name is nowhere in it but we gave it to a rando who got it published last week! How cool is that? Here’s a link, sis!”
November 14, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“Hey Shannon guess what! Our awesome AI wrote a little thing of its own that sounds a lot like your missing essay, just a lot intellectually softer and gummier and weirdly your name is nowhere in it but we gave it to a rando who got it published last week! How cool is that? Here’s a link, sis!”
YOU DON’T BY ANY CHANCE HAVE MY MISSING ESSAY IN YOUR TRAINING DATA DO YOU
“Sorry Shannon what’s that? It’s really loud in this server farm, can’t understand a word you are saying. Gotta go byyyeee”
“Sorry Shannon what’s that? It’s really loud in this server farm, can’t understand a word you are saying. Gotta go byyyeee”
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
YOU DON’T BY ANY CHANCE HAVE MY MISSING ESSAY IN YOUR TRAINING DATA DO YOU
“Sorry Shannon what’s that? It’s really loud in this server farm, can’t understand a word you are saying. Gotta go byyyeee”
“Sorry Shannon what’s that? It’s really loud in this server farm, can’t understand a word you are saying. Gotta go byyyeee”